The Milbank and Big Stone Fire and Rescue teams arrived at a fire shortly after 1:30 a.m. on January 21. According to Milbank Fire Chief, Kevin Schuelke, “The homeowner, Donald Glass, Jr., reported the fire after arriving home from work and finding the house engulfed in flames. The home,... Read more

The University of South Dakota School of Medicine presented Dr. Kevin Bjordahl, local physician at Avera Medical Group Milbank, with the Edward Batt, MD, Memorial Award. The award recognizes outstanding faculty who are involved in teaching medical students. The Avera Milbank campus is assigned numerous medical students to their campus... Read more

Matt and Amanda Grabow were the grand prize winners at the EXIT Realty/ Leading Edge Milbank client appreciation party on Friday, January 18, at Speedway. Door prizes were also awarded throughout the evening. The Grand prize drawing from EXIT went to the Grabows for a $1000 gift certificate to... Read more

Shopko and it’s subsidiaries announced plans on January 16, to enter into a voluntary, court-supervised financial restructuring under Chapter 11. The retailer operates 360 stores in 26 states. Before the announcement this week, the Wisconsin-based company had attempted to alleviate its financial issues by closing stores and selling some... Read more

The Milbank St. Williams and Hospital Auxiliary donated $3000 to the Milbank Area Hospital Avera. The money will be used for equipment for staff training. Joyleen O’Farrell, president of the auxiliary, and Clarice Robertson, treasurer, presented the funds to Natalie Gauer, administrator for the hospital. Pictured: O’Farrell, Gauer and Robertson Read more

Seehafer Ace Hardware reopened its doors on Main Street in Milbank on Monday, January 14, and will be fully stocked by Monday January, 24. Phil and Kristi Seehafer, co-owners of the business, said, “We have been looking forward to bringing the Seehafer sign back up on Main Street where... Read more

The 20th Annual SDMEA Middle School All-State Band Festival will be held March 1 through March 2, at Huron High School. The event is sponsored by the South Dakota Music Educator’s Association. Milbank Middle School will be represented by seventh-grader Joe Schulte as sixth-chair euphonium in the honor band.... Read more

Milbank High School released the third quarter honor roll. Students named to the list include:  Perfection 4.0 Freshmen Nicholas Batchelor, William Karels, Marion Mischel, Hattie Muellenbach, Wylie Mursu, Savanna Osowski, Jack Sandvig, Bennett Schwenn, Isaac Sousa, Savannah Stengel, Bennett Street, Sophomores Emma DeBoer, Halli Essington, Jenna Johnson, Allison Leddy, Camryn Phinney, Jessica... Read more

Craig Wellnitz, fundraising chairman, of the Grant County Combined Appeal, stated the organization has completed its final accounting of the 2016 GCCA campaign. Wellnitz said, “After all of the expenses were paid and payroll deductions received these were the dollars unused after the 2016 Campaign.”  The funds remaining were... Read more